ok. so I stumbled upon the largest (in size, anyway) cache I've ever run across.
I was clearing out another abandoned building with my buddy on Tuesday, and my mind kept drifting back to an outbuilding on the property. It appeared to be a two car garage, with brand new siding, but it didn't seem to have a single door or window anywhere. I kept wondering why someone would build a new garage, and not install a door. So while my buddy was salvaging some leaded glass windows from the house, I went out back to take a closer look.
What I saw, up high, under the soffit, was a padlock attached to the siding. On a hunch, I cut the lock and pulled on the hasp, and a section of the wall swung out. whoever built the garage had built in a hidden door. When I stepped inside, I realized why they had done it. Tools, building materials, and basically anything else of value have a habit of "walking off" in this neighborhood, and inside the garage , from floor to ceiling, were obviously the materials and tools used by someone in the building trades.
I sealed the hidden door back up, pulled a large dresser in front of it, and returned today with a 14 foot U-Haul truck. Here's the final tally:
700 lbs of scrap iron
15 lbs of brass
4 lbs of copper
10 new or nearly new tires on rims
7 craftsman style doors, with hardware (4 cast, 1 wood, 1 ceramic, and 1 bakelite)
1 brand new aluminum full lite storm door
1 brand new 2 lite aluminum storm and screen combo
3 steel entry doors
5 rools of roofing felt
3 rolls of asphalt roofing material
2 steel security doors
1 steel security gate
4 boxes of ceramic tile
27 4x4 glass window blocks
5 halogen work lights
1 drill bit set
1 complete socket set
1 power washer
2 garbage cans full of assorted garden tools
1 residential boiler
and 1 vending machine
Total investment $85 bucks for the truck, and 5 hours of my time. Not a bad ROI
Will upload some pics as soon as I figure out how to transfer them from my phone to my 'puter
I was clearing out another abandoned building with my buddy on Tuesday, and my mind kept drifting back to an outbuilding on the property. It appeared to be a two car garage, with brand new siding, but it didn't seem to have a single door or window anywhere. I kept wondering why someone would build a new garage, and not install a door. So while my buddy was salvaging some leaded glass windows from the house, I went out back to take a closer look.
What I saw, up high, under the soffit, was a padlock attached to the siding. On a hunch, I cut the lock and pulled on the hasp, and a section of the wall swung out. whoever built the garage had built in a hidden door. When I stepped inside, I realized why they had done it. Tools, building materials, and basically anything else of value have a habit of "walking off" in this neighborhood, and inside the garage , from floor to ceiling, were obviously the materials and tools used by someone in the building trades.
I sealed the hidden door back up, pulled a large dresser in front of it, and returned today with a 14 foot U-Haul truck. Here's the final tally:
700 lbs of scrap iron
15 lbs of brass
4 lbs of copper
10 new or nearly new tires on rims
7 craftsman style doors, with hardware (4 cast, 1 wood, 1 ceramic, and 1 bakelite)
1 brand new aluminum full lite storm door
1 brand new 2 lite aluminum storm and screen combo
3 steel entry doors
5 rools of roofing felt
3 rolls of asphalt roofing material
2 steel security doors
1 steel security gate
4 boxes of ceramic tile
27 4x4 glass window blocks
5 halogen work lights
1 drill bit set
1 complete socket set
1 power washer
2 garbage cans full of assorted garden tools
1 residential boiler
and 1 vending machine
Total investment $85 bucks for the truck, and 5 hours of my time. Not a bad ROI
Will upload some pics as soon as I figure out how to transfer them from my phone to my 'puter
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